GetResourceFromName

This function is used to retrieve a resource from it's name. A resource's name is the same as it's folder or file archive name on the server (without the extension).

Syntax

resource getResourceFromName ( string resourceName )

Required Arguments

• resourceName: A string indicating the name of the resource you wish to get.

Returns

Returns a resource object, or false if no resource of that name exists.

Example

This example outputs a message when a resource named "playerblips" starts:

addEventHandler("onResourceStart", getRootElement(), "onStart")
function onStart(resource)
     local blipsResource = getResourceFromName("playerblips") -- get the resource of name "playerblips"
     if (blipsResource and resource == blipsResource) then -- check if the resource started was it
          outputChatBox("Blips resource started!")
     end
end

See Also

• abortRemoteRequest
• call
• fetchRemote
• getResourceConfig
• getResourceDynamicElementRoot
• getResourceExportedFunctions
• getResourceFromName
• getResourceName
• getResourceRootElement
• getResourceState
• getThisResource
• getRemoteRequests
• getRemoteRequestInfo